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Brown Braʊn Dark Adjective Eyes/Hair Bread/Sugar/Rice Shoe Polish

Word3 brown
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /braʊn/ /braʊn/
Example
  • brown eyes/hair
  • brown bread/sugar/rice
  • dark brown shoe polish
  • a package wrapped in brown paper
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brown

(adjective)/braʊn/ /braʊn/
  1. having the colour of earth or coffee
    • brown eyes/hair
    • brown bread/sugar/rice
    • dark brown shoe polish
    • a package wrapped in brown paper
    • Soon the yellow leaves will turn brown.
    • Henry has short light brown hair and green eyes.
    • a little boy with golden brown skin
    • We stopped on a bridge to watch the wild brown trout.

    Extra Examples

    • The once-green fields were now uniformly brown.
    • a lovely warm brown colour
    • her dark brown eyes
    • monkeys with bright brown fur
    • bright brown eyes
  2. having skin that is naturally brown or has been made brown by the sun
    • I don't go brown very easily.
    • After the summer in Spain, the children were brown as berries.
    • He looked very brown after the cruise.
  3. thinking deeply so that you do not notice what is happening around you
  4. Word Origin

    • Old English brūn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruin and German braun.
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